{"id":19079,"date":"2024-10-25T16:09:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=19079"},"modified":"2024-10-25T16:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:09:15","slug":"techline-connect-moving-to-microsoft-azure-platform-new-login-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=19079","title":{"rendered":"Techline Connect Moving to Microsoft Azure Platform \u2014 New Login Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GM has recently begun moving authentication for several applications, including Service Workbench and Techline Connect, to Microsoft Azure, which offers additional security, a variety of application development tools and an enhanced overall user experience. Eventually, access to all applications, including GlobalConnect, will be managed through Microsoft Azure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Support Website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, GM will be able to develop and manage multiple applications using a scalable infrastructure. <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdealer.autopartners.net%2Fsites%2Fazuremfasupport%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMSpencer%40gpstrategies.com%7C7da3b846f1a74ea5dc1708dce7ce9db1%7Ce1220d9a26474550a53a79304c5bb4f0%7C0%7C0%7C638640121826260965%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wNULWTxtL25G%2FM9m1HZ4ok3UtP3BvxSTl9IMJhyMDsk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This website<\/a> (GlobalConnect login required) offers a variety of information about the move to Azure. It includes a step-by-step guide on how to log in; FAQs for when getting an error screen when signing in and how to reset your password at the GlobalConnect screens; and other information related to Multifactor Authentication. (Fig. 1)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19050\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F01-TLC-Azure-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F01-TLC-Azure-1.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F01-TLC-Azure-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F01-TLC-Azure-1-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F01-TLC-Azure-1-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A full roadmap for Azure includes a more secure user experience. New features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multifactor Authentication<\/li>\n<li>New GlobalConnect Admin tool<\/li>\n<li>Allowing dealerships who use Azure for their own purposes to use their dealership ID to sign into GM systems (Azure ID federation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Login Help<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When signing in, your GM Azure ID is the same ID as the one used for GlobalConnect, plus the GM specific domain of @vsp.autopartners.net added to the end of it. (Fig. 2) Your GM Azure ID password is the same one used to access GlobalConnect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19051\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F02-TLC-Azure-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F02-TLC-Azure-2.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F02-TLC-Azure-2-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F02-TLC-Azure-2-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/F02-TLC-Azure-2-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more details, including any questions or issues with logging in, dealership personnel are encouraged to consult <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdealer.autopartners.net%2Fsites%2Fazuremfasupport%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMSpencer%40gpstrategies.com%7C7da3b846f1a74ea5dc1708dce7ce9db1%7Ce1220d9a26474550a53a79304c5bb4f0%7C0%7C0%7C638640121826282667%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zKbjOImYa%2Bwqs0a%2BETFD4IPeJKc%2FZcvbAatVVOQn%2Bvo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>&#8211; Thanks to Chris Henley<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM has recently begun moving authentication for several applications, including Service Workbench and Techline Connect, to Microsoft Azure, which offers additional security, a variety of application development tools and an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-october-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19082,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19079\/revisions\/19082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}